Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1989 Page: 5 of 14
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COURTHOUSE RECORDS
Deborah Traylor
Warranty
Deeds
Janet Gilliam to Larry God-
win, et ux Marsha Godwin all
that certain lot, tract or parcel
of land lying and situated in
Rains County, Texas and being
Lot Nos. 356 and 357 of
Steamboat Shores Subdivision.
Howard Sigler to James
Money and Mary N. Money all
that certain lot, tract or parcel
of land lying and situated in
Rains County, Texas, and be-
ing Lot No. 209 of Whispering
Oaks No. 2, a subdivision
located on Lake Tawakoni.
Ann Louise Denzer to Bruce
Shuck and wife, Betty Shuck
all that certain lot, tract or
parcel of land lying and
situated in Rains County,
Texas, describes ad follows,
to-wit:
Lot Nos. 158 and 159, in
Steamboat Shores subdivision.
MARRIAGE
I LICENSE
One marriage license was
filed in the County/District
Clerk’s office last week, it was
for:
Roy Glen Brimer and Tam-
my Dawn McGahee.
Jury Summons
The following persons have
been summoned for jury duty
on July 17th in the Eighth
Judicial District Court:
Larry Wayne Adair, Ethel
Elpora Alexander, Alphonso
Anderson, Gayle Ann Arm-
strong, Albert Russell Bettis,
Johnie W. Bogard Jr., David
Gene Bowman, Willie Rachel
Brown, Howard Brumit, Her-
man Dwight Bryant, Debra
Jean Burchett, Gradyline Bur-
row, Catherine Hope Bussell.
Mauriate Carnathan, Frances
Novell Case, Tollic Lynn
Cason, Robert Clifton Chas-
tain, Betty Childers, Thomas
Orval Childers, Stella Alice
Clayton, Horace F. Click Jr.,
Virginia Rosalie Coats, Don
Alton Combs, James Daniel
towden, Gletha Davis,
Michael Davis, Karan Lynn
Douglas, Harvey Lee Dowdy,
Michael Wayne Dunlap, Harry
E- Fields, Terry Flancry,
Willie Velma Fletcher,
Chester Thomas Frost, Marcus
Dwayne Garrett, Michael Jay
Gaston, Ruth Gilbert, Lloyd
Giles, Florence A. Giron,
Katherine E. Gorman, J.E.
Hagan, Rhonda Lynn Harder,
Tommy Glenn Hargrove, Lin-
da Sue Hass, Luther Macmath
Hathcoat, Mable Christine
Hays, George Francis Helms,
Pat Henry Hill, Darla Hobbs,
Jack Anthony Hobbs Sr.,
Janice Marie Hodnett, Barbra
Faye Hogan, Nora Adel Hood,
Johnnie M. Horton, Joe Paul
House, Beverly Diane Hughes,
Rita Gayle Hughes, Travis
James Hunter Charles Frank
Hurn, Susan Dianne Hum,
Ruth D. Hutchins, Anita C.
Jacobs, Eugene M. Jones, A.J.
Kelley, Cathy Leann Key,
Shirlcne King, Frankie Lou
Klein, James Henry Kline,
James Duane Kneberg, Ed-
ward Adolph Lange Jr., Ruby
Lewers, Jami Renee Liles,
Susan Rhea Lively. Charles
Roy Luckett, Marc Lance
Lusk, Brenda Lou Malone,
Lois Malone, Speed Richard
Malone, Lois J. Marney,
Elaine McArec, Grady Earl
McCarthy, Doris Faye Miller,
Alvin Leon Milliken Jr.,
^heralyn Jo Minervini, Linda
{jiie Moody, Judy Lee Nix,
Cynthia Marie Northcutt,
Flossie Helen Northcutt, Jean-
nie Kay Northcutt, Jodie Lynn
Northcutt, Kiniber Lee North-
ern!, Michael Wayne North-
cutt, Bobby Dean Nutt, Jayne
Lanell Nutt, Jackie Don Oler,
Mary Ruth Olcr. Dorthy Lee
Olson, Shirley Ann Ooley,
Laurie Ann Payne, Frances
Jewel Potts, Robert Henry
Potts, Rodney Kevin Quattie-
baum, Bobbie Alene Ran-
dolph, Judy Rathgeber, Danny
Upe Robbins, Leslie Elaine
Rpbertson, Gregory Dale
Singleton, Marion P. Slatter,
D.’Andra Smith, Dwight
Smith, Margaret Etta Smith,
Rose Maria Staley, Brian P.
Starnes, Mary Ellen Steep,
Sally Faye Stuart, Bobby L.
Taylor, Nadyne Taylor, Jef-
fery Laird Thompson, Roy
Hugh Thompson, Donna J.
Turner, John Douglas
Vaughan, Ester Lue Vititow,
Floyd J. Wallace, J.T. War-
ren, Jay Edward Weddle,
Aleta Lois Wells, Abram
Eliyah Wilds, Charles Alford
Wilderson, Elizabeth Marie
Williams, Doris Ann Wilson,
Doris Janet Wilson, Linda
Wilson, Marie Woolf, Denita
J. Young, Karen Kay Young.
Recent Parolee
Faces Cocaine
Charge Again
By Dana L. Cleaver
A man paroled from state
prison about 30 days ago was
back behind bars Friday morn-
ing following his arrest Thurs-
day night for the same offense
for which he had been serving
time.
Fred Ford, 30, of Sulphur
Springs was charged with
possession of a controlled sub-
stance after city police found
him and another man in posses-
sion of suspected rock cocaine.
“A quantity of large rock
cocaine was found. These arc
big pieces of cocaine that
haven’t yet been broken down
yet for sale," Detective Lt.
Ron Plaxco said.
Bonds for Ford and 27-year-
old Tony Jackson of Emory
were set at $75,000 each by
Municipal Court Judge Roy
Johnson.
Hopkins County District A’-
torney Frank Long said Ford is
currently on parole for convic-
tions of delivery of cocaine and
possession of a controlled sub-
stance. He was released in
June from the Texas Depart-
ment of Corrections.
Ford had been convicted in
Hopkins County and sentenced
to five years for each offense
Dec. 21, 1988, Long said. The
sentences were running con-
currently.
In discussing the Thursday
night arrests, both Plaxco and
Police Chief Donnie Lewis ap-
peared disgusted with “the
system.”
Lewis said, "The swinging
penitentiary door is doing us
no good.”
Ford and Jackson were ar-
rested about 6:30 p.m. Thurs-
day. They were the occupants
of a vehicle that was topped at
Carter and Fuller streets.
Plaxco described the arrests
as the results of an ongoing in-
vestigation and a surveillance
of the vehicle. "We started
early yesterday (Thursday)
afternoon, about 1.”
After determining that the
vehicle had left town, officials
waited and watched for its re-1
turn, Plaxco said.
“This was a joint effort of
the patrol and criminal investi-
gations divisions of the police
department," he said.
The suspected rock cocaine
was found on one of the per-
sons during a search of the
vehicle and its occupants,
Plaxco said.
Officials were unable to
place a street value on the con-
fiscated narcotics.
Rock cocaine, commonly
known on the streets as
"crack," has been invading
the area in recent months, be-
coming more popular and
prominent in both the city and
county, officials have said.
However, Plaxco described
the cocaine problem as univer-
sal. "1 went to a narcotics
seminar in Wichita Falls last
week. Sixty-five agencies said
they are having problems with
cocaine.
"So, Sulphur Springs is not
immune; it’s the same problem
that all the other cities are hav-
ing. We’re not having the pro-
blem more than they're hav-
ing; we’re having it equally
with everybody else," he said.
The local police
department’s response to the
growing presence of rock co-
caine has been “Operation
Crackdown," a program that
began about 45 days ago. The
latest arrests are products of
the “crackdown on crack,"
Plaxco said.
Past arrests for crack posses-
sion have led Plaxco and other
police officials to believe that
dealers are getting the drug in
the Dallas area and distributing
it locally.
“Every rock cocaine bust
we’ve ever made that’s in a car
is from the Dallas area,” Plax-
co said.
Lewis added that crack is
apparently at the root of
criminal activity.
“Crack is a problem leading
back to all our crimes here,"
he said. “And, I feel like
there's more cocaine coming
into the city of Sulphur
Springsdaily. It’s just costing
more in man hours to watch
and control it.
Taken from the Sulphur Springs
News-Telegram.
CIVIL SUITS
One civil suit was filed in
the County/District Clerk’s of-
fice last week, it was a petition
for a divorce.
*****
Keep up with happenings by
reading the Rains County
Leader!
RAINS COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPT.
Twenty-one persons were
being held in the Rains County
Jail Monday morning, arrests
for the week included:
7-3 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of issuance
of bad check, fine and restitu-
tion totaled $130.
7-4 - One person was picked
up on a capias profine, a $150
fine was assessed.
7-4 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of driving
while intoxicated, a $1,000 PR
bond was set.
7-6 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of public in-
toxication, a $150 tine was
assessed.
7-6 - One person was picked
up for violation of probation.
7-6 - One person was ar-
rested on charges of burglary
of a building.
7-8 - Six persons were ar-
rested on charges of ag-
gravated assault, $4000 bonds
were set in each case.
7-8 - One person was ar-
lested on twenty-three outstan-
ding warrants (counties in-
cluded: Rains, Hopkins, Hunt,
Kaufman, Van Zandt, Wood)
for issuance of bad checks and
theft by check,
7-10 - One person was ar-
rested for four warrants of is-
suance of bad checks, they had
not been arraigned at time
report was given.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
The Sheriff’s Department
investigated a burglary of a
building at a new residence be-
ing built by B.C. Johnson just
off Hwy. 779 on Thursday, Ju-
ly 6. Two fences were cut to
gain access to the property. A
dead bolt was then broken off a
tool shed door. A Murray
mower, 11 horsepower
generator, an air compressor,
and various tools were
reported stolen.
Also on the 6th, the Sheriff’s
Department investigated a
burglary of building, which
belongs to John Little, just off
Hwy. 2324. Burglars cut two
fences and then forced their
way through the rear of a barn.
A case of oil, two boxes of
fishing tackle, three rods and
reels, an air tank, two tool
boxes, one set of %-in.
sockets, a set of small sockets,
some drill bits, and three
chains were reported stolen.
The Sheriff’s Department
received a disturbance call at
the Kountry Kafe in Point at
11:30 p.m. Friday, July 7.
Several weapons were con-
fiscated by authorities at the
scene and six persons were ar-
rested and charge with ag-
gravated assault. Justice of the
Peace, Inez Ivy set their bonds
at $4,000 each.
Stolen Property Recovered
A large quantity of stolen
items were recovered last week
by the Sheriff’s Department as
a result of joint investigations
by the Rains, Hunt, and Kauf-
man County Sheriff’s Depart-
ments.
The arrest of three white
males in Van Zandt County
should clear several offences in
Rains County, including the
burglaries at Potts Feed Store
and Douglas Feed Store
reported in May and June of
this year. An indictment
against the person fencing the
stolen property is being sought
by the Departments involved.
An investigation into a Hunt
County burglary ring should
clear up six burglary offenses
reported in June at the Pollard
Addition in Rains County. A
raid on a Hunt County
residence located on the county
line of Hunt and Kaufman
Counties, on July 3rd resulted
in the confiscation of several
guns, drugs, and large quantity
of stolen property. One person
is in custody in Kaufman and
warrants have been issued for
several other suspects in this
case.
Sheriff Wilson stated that he
was well pleased with his
deputies and the investigation
they had been making. He
stated approximately 80% of
the burglary offenses were be-
ing cleared.
Transported to TDC
Rains County Sheriff’s
Deputies made two trips to the
Texas Department of Correc-
tions in Huntsville last week.
Tammy Tarrant, Troy Wallace
Jr. and Richard Knode were
transported on Friday and
Lester Romack on Monday.
Rains County is allowed only
one transport a month by TDC.
Sheriff Wilson reported that he
had written TDC requesting
that they re-evaluate our jail
and is in hopes that we will get
a larger quota of transports per
month.
At the present, ten persons
are currently being held in the
Rains Co. Jail that have
already been sentenced to TDC
terms.
8th
Judical
DISTRICT
The Eighth Judicial District
Court convened here Friday,
June 7th with the Honorable
Judge Lanny Ramsay
presiding. The following ac-
tions were taken:
Cause 2803 - The State of
Texas vs. Jerry Phipps - Driv-
ing While Intoxicated, the
judge set court date for a hear-
ing to show cause.
Cause 5816 - Katherine Lor-
raine Robertson vs. Billy Jack
Robertson - Order of Protec-
tive Custody, orders entered.
Cause 5821 - Anita Ann
Steed vs. Gary Lynn Steed -
Divorce, temporary orders
were entered.
CLIRH REMITS
*B.4B4.S2
IN JUNE
County/District Clerk Mary
Sheppard has remitted^
$5,454.82 in clerk’s fees to
County Treasurer Teresa
Northcutt for the month of
June. A breakdown is as
follows:
Filing, recording, reproduc-
tion fees____2,423.50,
Probate/Guardianship/-
Mentally 111 Filings....$129,
Marriage Licenses
issued....$87.50, Passports
issued....$21, County Civil
Court costs....$47, County
Criminal Court
Costs/Fines.... $4 97.50,
District Criminal Court Costs/-
Fines....$l 125.50, District
Civil Court Costs.. .$689.05,
Interest Earned....$149.77,
Law Library Fees....$120,
Sheriff Fees....$165. Total
collected and
remitted... $5,454.82.
Total child support disburs-
ed during the month totaled
$11,536.08, seven marriage
licenses were issued for a total
of $1 /5 and three district suits
were filed for a total of $388.
Texas
Its Like A Whole Other Country.
RAINS COUNTY LEADER
EnwtrJmi Thursday, luly 13,1989 Ftyi S
Sheriff Wilson points to a special device used by the Department
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in detonating and destroying
the caps. Photo contributed
Deputy Robert Parker is holding a lineman’s phone which was
confiscated by the Sheriff’s Department. It was being used by
burglars to tap around burglar alarms and to also tap in on the
homeowner’s phone line to see if anyone was at home.
Sheriff Wilson stated that residents should be watchful and
report any suspicious activity. Staffphoto by Deb Traylor
Motion To Recuse Denied
Sheriff Richard Wilson and Deputy Stanley Hamm are pic-
tured with some of the steel posts that were stolen from Douglas
Country Store back in June. Photo contributed
Judge Paul Banner of Green-
ville has denied Attorney Ran-
dy Taylor's motion to recuse in
the case pending against
former Sheriff Andrew
Roberts.
Banner was appointed to
preside over the hearings and
make a formal ruling on the
motion by the Honorable Ron
Chapman, presiding judge for
the 5th Judicial District.
Taylor's grounds for filing the
motion was due to Judge Lan-
ny Ramsay denying bond to
one of his (Taylor's) clients in
Hopkins County.
*****
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Becknell, Kathleen Hill. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1989, newspaper, July 13, 1989; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth765493/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.